Well Ascaron has decided it's high time we take that big O'l Christmas Tree down. VERY soon the Christmas Quest will no longer be availabe. So if you have any inclination to do this quest for the first time or again then you'd best do it quick. It isn't known exactly when this month it will be gone but if I were to guess I would say you have about 10 days.

On a personal note if any of you are able to stock up on level 20 xmas sets and weapons I would be VERY grateful. As part of a new event I'd like to try I would need those. ^^

OK, how hard is this quest, really? I found the white griffen easy, and did the boar in a party.

Gar'Colossus was easy -- I just range attack and don't get too close and whacked. Octagolomus hit me hard with poison once or twice, and almost got me, but mostly just missed.
The unique mount quest, only the big spider is scary, needed maybe 1 or 2 potions for the other 7. (First 2 rounds are almost too easy).

So, given that background, I tried Xmas alone at level 20 and lost my mount to the swarm of ghosts just inland a bit. I suppose if I went slower, I'd be a little safer, but the first half dozen went down like nothing and I guess I got cocky.

Never having done this one, should I wait until level 30 or so, or maybe find a party to do it together? Does it get much harder? My main attack is fire based.

I want a crack at it before it is gone, but don't want to lose this character.

It's crunch time! Every so often each day I plan to do an xmas run or two. I'll be doing level 10 xmas runs using my level 74 HE to hurry through the xmas quest and get players their sets. These sets in my opinion have the greatest value at level 10 considering the sockets they provide. I'm hoping to stock pile these sets for an event I want to run so even if you don't want or need one it would be great if I could get 4 or 5 players with me per run. Here's the plan.

I'll start the xmas quest with 1 other player who is under level 10. I'll do the killing while the low level does the talking and simply waits in that little xmas village. Just before completing the last step I'll call in the other players to receive their sets.

If they patch it out will it be replaced by somethong else?
My suggestion: Easter Island or some other holiday.
Hopefully the new patch will eliminate the vast amount of bugs,
especially the one where a demon can be spawned on start island.